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    1 in 10 collected eggs are bad?

    Not terribly difficult. I normally put all of my collected eggs in a bowl of water and wash off the stuck-on debris with a soft brush. I haven't noticed a lot of floating eggs and I've been following this same method for weeks. I do get an occasional floater (<1% of eggs collected), but...
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    1 in 10 collected eggs are bad?

    I collect roughly 55 eggs per day from my shaded aviary where I have roughly 65 Jumbo coturnix. Roughly 10% of the eggs are bad when I crack them open. The bad eggs are a milky, reddish mess. Frequently, they smell foul, too. At first, I thought that this was because of the summer heat, but...
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    Broken Arrow, OK, animal control visit

    Yesterday I butchered 33 males. This should be all of the males. I'm hoping that this quiets down the flock. Animal control is supposed to come by again this week to see my progress. I hope that with a quiet flock, the officer will just let it go. Otherwise, I have another 50+ birds to butcher...
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    Broken Arrow, OK, animal control visit

    I guess that this all comes down to noise and "nuisance". Whether or not I have the right to keep the quail doesn't matter if they are noisy enough to cause a nuisance. It looks like I will butcher my birds and begin my search for a more rural home. I've had this on my radar for some time now...
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    Broken Arrow, OK, animal control visit

    The officer said that my setup was clean and orderly. No odors. No obvious signs of manure. The aviary is roughly 50' from my house. It is farther way from my neighbor's houses. I'm nowhere near 150' from a school or food place. OK Cottage Food Laws allow me to run a home-based food business...
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    Broken Arrow, OK, animal control visit

    I called and the person quoted Section 5.22: "Sec. 5-22. - Keeping of animals other than dogs and cats. (a) It shall be unlawful and a class B offense for any person to allow or permit any poultry, including but not limited to, chickens, roosters, turkeys, pigeons, ducks or geese within 150...
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    Broken Arrow, OK, animal control visit

    I had already done this for several neighbors. I even gave some butchered meat birds away, too. It wasn't enough apparently.
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    Broken Arrow, OK, animal control visit

    Animal Control came to visit me today. They have received a complaint about my quail. They have given me roughly a week to remove the majority of my 75 birds and a second week to completely remove them. They did not issue me a citation, but they will be back next week to check on my progress at...
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    Procedure for growing out and harvesting?

    Does anyone have any recommendations on how to manage the growing out and harvesting of roughly 100 quail? I have an outdoor aviary where my all of my quail older than 2-3 weeks live. I hatch out a batch of roughly 30-35 quail every 3 weeks. So far, my aviary has my original batch from JMF...
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    hen unable to walk

    She lost her battle sometime in the past day or so.
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    Review by '' on item 'Coturnix Quail'

    These little birds fill a great niche for me. I live in a suburb and require birds that don't make too much noise. I need a bird that produces a good amount of eggs and meat, while requiring a modest amount of feed and caring. The Coturnix Quail fits the bill for me. The produce almost 1...
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    hen unable to walk

    I have roughly 20 jumbo coturnix birds, all about 12 weeks old. They are all kept outdoors in a 10' x 10' x 8' covered dog kennel. Within the last few days, one of the hens has been found lying on the ground. She shuffles her feet a bit, but she is unable to get up and walk, let alone fly...
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    Hello from Broken Arrow, OK

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, I'm new to poultry. I'm interested in keeping mostly quail and perhaps some chickens. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Zero. I'm doing my research first. And since late-Fall through winter seems to be the...
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